Leave, suspend, or stay: the choices of foreign investors in Myanmar


Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup and to mark the anniversary of 1962 student protests against the country's first junta in Yangon on July 7, 2021. - AFP

PARIS, July 9 (AFP): Foreign investors face difficult choices about operating in Myanmar after the February military coup, with few taking the route of leaving as has Norwegian telecoms group Telenor.

Activists have heaped pressure on multinationals to pull out of Myanmar as the death toll from the military crackdown nears 900 and some 200,000 have been forced to flee their homes, according to the UN, which has accused the military junta of committing crimes against humanity.

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